R (SB) v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council (Practice Note)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Children in need — Age assessment

[2022] EWHC 308 (Admin), QBD

CHILDREN — Children in need — Age assessment — Claim for judicial review of local authority’s assessment of claimant’s age — Whether procedural and substantive challenges to assessment to be dealt with separately

[2023] EWCA Civ 924; [2024] 1 WLR 2613; [2024] 3 All ER 197; [2023] WLR(D) 348, CA

Commentary

Free Movement
High Court quashes “clearly unfair” local authority age assessment Case comment

Local Government Lawyer
Is an appropriate adult always appropriate? Case comment